The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY• LANE,- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund Falconer, entitled THE O'FLAHERTY S. Mr. Edmund Falconer; Messrs. G. Belmore, Barrett. Fitzjames, dze.; Miss udspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff, Sze. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M 4.CBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick,R. ltoxby, G. Belmore, A Rayner, G. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, Sze ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Mt ~s VAwait, Doors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After which, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pal dale, Warren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Alesilagies Beatrice, Reeley, Fitzwildam, Moore, &e. Followed ty ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliarn, &c. And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss H. Lindley. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. 'THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. I echter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid eiownb, Ch rle4, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland C inyd, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq , M. Henrade, E: .:,avenue, and B. Lavenue. L , ,,ce,ied, at 7, by NUR3EY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicorab, Garden, Moreland, Coßett ; Miss Lavenue, Mt s. Lee. Doors open at halt-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev. n till Five. ING'S BUTTERFLY.-LYCEUM VIEATRE.—Fa - ifan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. 'EU:MB—The most tuccesatul Drama produced for ysars. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. t 'THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. ?caddy O'Rafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, IL ForreAtcr. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gw)nne. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. -- Sole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling and Mr. J. Clarke. After which, THE 111 , 3".•I ANT) CHICKENS. Messrs. Ilillington, K. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss 11. Simms. To be followed by HIS LAST LEGS. O'C llaghan (with eons`, Mr. John Collins, support. d by Messrs. Billington, Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Mrs. H. Lewis and Miss A. Sea man. To conclude with DOING B.INTING. Messrs. J. Clarke, Stephenson, 11. Homer; Mrs. H Lewis and Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINEN r TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re en,,raged. THIS EVENING, and during the week, UNDER THE ROSE. After whl'h, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, entitled SY BILL& ; or, STEP BY STE V. Mr and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WvOU OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROY.AL STRAND THEATRE. Sole - Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor • ugh and Mancies. To c3nelude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, duo. :SHALL COMPANY'S LS. C OALS. —The LILL co. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......23s. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 245. „ Deep 22s. „ lic, 11 screened and delivered within live miles of their De. pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, dole Lgent MAE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENtE, Can be had Every Evening of G. a. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening' by tIESRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rasa 1) &T.—Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 68m. fo-xounow.-Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 4 im. • 4 4. J 4 l' - .. - , 4 .4.. - . ve- , , 7„., , g ( .14.-0,61,.....z.t. , .. , ,, 41:i 1 . iLliir 1, ,,. • ° ''4.17-*l`44)P "7044,11 t, ----.44.0 ,, . : LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 1864. The condition of American affairs is still so un satisfactory as to make all interested in the cotton supply turn with some anxiety to the rep3rts of the various crops which energy and enterprise have been busying themselves in cultivating in other parts of the world. The records of the weekly meetings of the Cotton Supply Association are therefore deserving of attention, since th e y g i ve a pretty accurate account of what is going on allover the world in respect to the cultuna of the much. prized cotton fabric. Every week almost the Committee receive communications from fresh localities, every week they learn the progress of the crop in the old ones. Th() political economist may find matter for rejoicing in many of these new fi .Ids of industry, for the cotton crop will often tend to supply other deficiencies and shortcomings of the country, Thus, there is a chance for the rrcovery of the failing fortunes of our West Indies, since cotton thrives abundantly there, and will, it is hoped, supply the losses so often occasioned by the failure of sugar. It is being grown in nearly all our West Indian colonies, and a gentleman • -------' TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Grentlemen,—l have on several occasions been requested by influential citizens of London to allow myself to be nominated as a candidate, whenever a vacancy should occur flu ;he representation of the City. Sft James Duke having, in a letter to the limes of the 25th July last, announced his intention of retiring from p ar ijawent, I took the earliest opportunity of responding to the wishes of those who thought I should not prove an unworthy represen t a tive of the great interests entrusted to a member of Parliament (st a ted City of London, by issuing aa address, in which I e that I should esteem it a great honour to be returned as one of the representatives for the City of London,.as I had for many years been actively e.ngaged in its public affairs, and largely interested in its tr:cle and commerce. iti:y attachment to the Liberal cause is well known to the elect.drs, and my connection with the Liberal party is not of recent date. I have always advocated and supported those liberal principles which have tended so materially to promote the prosperity of all classen th and security to Censtitution. I have received so large an am-,unt of unsolicited support from the various teetions of the constitu-ncy, from the Livery, from the members of the Corporation, and from the citizens generally, as to leave no doubt of my success. I have, therefor e, pledged myself to my friends and sup veers, in the event of a contest, to proceed to the poll. Thanking you for the confidence you have expressed, And for that gene ro us support you have offered, I remain, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, WILLIAM LAWRENCE. Mansion House, 4th Nov., 1864. FUN ALMANAC FOR 1865. Will be Published on Thursday. Price Twopence. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat lnsutution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to gra nting 1:1,351 6s. d. as rewards for saving 71 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on th Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, At the Institution, 11, John-street, Adeiphi. nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. flarrison begs to announce that, in consequence of the n. -arrival 01 Madame K nneth, through severe indisposi noti the Winter Season w ,ll commenc e en TUI'...SD A.Y instead of Monday, as previously announced, with M. 4.; ounod 's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita, Miss Louisa Pyne, her first appearance in that character; Fapst, Mr. Sims Reeves, his first appearance this pe son. On Wednesday will be presented Verdi's Grand Opera, • TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Kenneth, her first appearance at Her "esty's Theatre. ARILANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. On Tuesday, and every evening during the week, the per formances will commence at Seven o'clock with YOU K OW Vali), by Maddieon Morton, Esq. Mr. G. Honey, Mr. J. ALouse, and Miss E. Button. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Gonnod's Grand *Opera, FAUST - _ (in English). Commence at Eight o'clock. Margari' a, Miss ,Lotdsa Fyne ; Faust, Airs. Sims Reeves. Wednesday and Friday, Ver's Grald Opera , T di A. = --- (in English). Commence at Eight o'clock. Violetta, Mdme. Kenneth, her first appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Reduced Prices of Admission : —Private Boxes, from 10s. Bd. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, is. ; UpQer Boxes, 3s. ; lit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Box Office (pen d aily from Ten till Five. writing from Dominica on the subject, says there is nothing to prevent every sugar estate devoting some portion of land to cotton. It is no great wonder that the plant should thrive, several varieties of it are indigenous to the soil, and those kinds naturally suit the climate better than the imported one. The long-continued drought of this season which has been felt even in the West Indies, has proved somewhat injurious to this year's crop, but it is nevertheless expected to be a very satisfactory one. It is seldom that dry weather lasts for many months without at least some occa sional showers, but fortunately the refreshing in• fluence of the rainy season has restored the plants. It is to be hoped that our West India planters will take up this scheme energetically, since if the cot ton grown in the islands is of good quality it need not fear competition with the older plantations ; and the fact of having another resource besides sugar will be most beneficial to their prospects. It they can succeed in getting enough labour to cultivate their lands we may yet find good to result out of the great evil of the scarcity. In the other Indies affairs are not so satisfactory—for assuredly, from one cause and another, the most is not being made of the opportunity. The Government Inspector of Cotton for Scinde has furnished the Association with some interesting particulars in a letter dated from Kurrachee. He has been endeavouring to substitute a better kind of cotton in the province for the dirty and inferior kind which is indi genous to that part, and is at present the only variety grewn there. The climate is very different in Upper and in Lower Scinde. In the former it is very dry and well adapted for Peruvian seed. In the latter it is moist, and it is thought that Brazilian and Egyptian seed would thrive best. As a proof of the capabilities of some parts of the Indian soil, and the little heed that has been taken of this important cultivation, we learn that the committee have received a sample of Bourbon c rtton grown indigenously 200 miles south of Bombay on the sea coast. The plants are of several years' growth, and have - reached a height of five or six feet, yet during the three years that the gentle man who forwards the sample has resided there nothing whatever has been done in the way of, cul tivation. Had the plant been actively cultivated for the last three years what profitable results might be now derived from it ! But it seems that the experiment is to be pushed on with more vigour in remote and poor places, where it is really an ex periment, than in India with so much wealth to back it, and the absolute certainty of ultimate success. In South America there are very flourishing prospects so far as the plant itself is concerned, but the lack cf population, and consequent want of labour, are very serious hindrances. In the district of Jaffe, how ever, it is very promising, In 1863 about 5,000 acres were planted, and in 1864 about 30,000. In the former year the produce was over 12cwt.,• and this year it is thought it will amount to between 70,000 and 80,000 c wt. It is calculated that a price of sevenpence per lb. would under ordinary circum stances prove remunerative, aril should the preju dice of the growers against the introduction of exotic seed be overcome it is believed that Jaffa will take a first rank as a cotton exporter, both for quality and quantity. From Scutari, Trebizond, and Smyrna we hear good accounts, and there is ground for a cheerful anticipatiem that our cotton supply, far from diminishing, will rapidly increase, until, after some inevitable fluctuations, the market settles down into its old steadiness. It is sad to reflect upon the many disgraceful I spectacles which are nowadays presented to the view in the transactions of foreign nations. Se far as the Russian credit is concerned, it has been a fortunate thing that the conduct of Ptu3sia and Austria has of late attracted universal attention, and in some respects so engrossed the minds of all that there has been little leisure to bestow upon the iniquities of other people and places. Perhaps, however, far from looking upon this respite from observation as a benefit or blessing, the CZAR and his myrmidons have been vexed and disappointed. At all events they have hit upon a plan for recall ing our notice which is almost original in its assur ance and its inconsistency. The anniversary which was celebrated on the 9th of September may rank as almost unparalleled in the annals of nations, and must surprise those who are well accustomed to the tactics of Russian oppression, and the amazing arrangements which a refined barbarity delights to carry out. Because the attempt to associate Gene ral DE BERG had failed, there could be no earthly reason why such pomp and p ara d e s h ou ld cele brate the circumstance and zeal afterwards ; but to persist in making the city of Warsaw the theatre of such a ceremonial was barbarous in the extreme. It was adding insult to injury, in a man. ner that can never be accounted for in any way, except but as an intentional and deliberate re3olve to crush the spirit, and trample on the feelings of the chivalrous and patriotic people who have so long stool up to defend their rights and rescue their beloved land from the tyrant who denied it the rights and privileges of a State. The whole affair of this anniversary ceremonial was absurd in the extreme. In the first place the Russians might have had the decency to confine their rejoicings, whether real or simulated, to themselves; but no, the Poles must needs join in the efflir, and hence a le Deum was sung in all churches of every creed. Surely this was going a little too far, even for Russian supremacy. The despotic ruler cannot, under any protest, carry his command beyond the confines of his earthly pos. sessions, and he need not have added to the sins which axe already so heavy against him that of blasphemy, taking Heaven to witness a false and untrue expression of feeling which was wrung from :he afflicted at the point of the sword. Really it would almost seem as if the Russians endeavoured to surpass themselves in their attempts to violate the opinions of civilised nations, and strove with all their might and main to distinguish themselves by ne w devices of a strange and startling chat ratter. They are, perhaps, afraid that the Poles will believe their masters are at laet returning to reason and animated by feelings of compassion, if they relax in their persecutions and cease their torments. Be this as it may, the results are scan dalous, and it is difficult to say whether they most provoke one's indignation, scorn, or regret. After the wicked mockery at the churches, the authorities, both civil and military, and various other persons of note, assembled at the Palace to offer their felicita. tions to the hero of the day. The Russian army must be badly cif for great results when such a small one was thus made the theme of comment and the oecaslon for rejoicing. It is not usual for the most distinguished Generals to commemorate their escapes, and chronicle their safety in such a wicbed manner, but General BERG, it seems, is to be the exception to the rule, and to prove that his life is a special blessicg vouchsafed to the people under his charge. If his course bad only not been so particular in its cruelty, more allowance might be made for this prepared demonstration and this made.np affair; but when we reflect upon what this year has brought forth, it is too much to consider that any rejoicings have been offered up that a human being has been spared to commit more sins, and to outrage nip] SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEI- the principles of justice and the commandments of Heaven. So far as his reputation is concerned, it would have been better if the General had fallen last year by the hands of the assassin ; and inasmuch as his course has progressed to any farther end:or higher purpose, all these past months have swelled tne eternal records of earthly events with crimes at which men might blush and angels weep to witness. If anything could add to the repulsive style of the transaction, it would be the terms in which the felicitations were offered, and the manner in which they were replied to. First of all, we are told that Divine power "averted the aim" of the assassin, and next that this auspicious event is to be celebrated by the collection of a fund from the presenter of the address which will afford aid to wounded comrades under the title of " Count DE BERG'S Pensioners." Surely we are come to a pretty pass when we find men assembling to con gratulate their fellowmen on the successful results of deeds of cruelty and oppression, and invoke Heaven to prolong a life passed in so inestimable a manner. The General, not to be outdone, attributes his efforts, so successfully accomplished, to the special favour of Heaven, and is confident that Russia will devote all her sons to the very last, if necessary, to preserve the empire of their Czar. This is a solemn and impressive ceremony, no doubt, but it would be more in character if celebrated in any other city of the world than one in which the inhabitants are not allowed to put on mourning for their dead. We should be less struck if the edicts of Russian authoritiea were not so hard and their judgments so cruel and terrible; but as it is, words almost fail one in endeavouring to give expression to the feelings that arise at the mention of such atrocious mockery and unworthy exhibi tions. If the Russians think that by such conduct they can control public opinion and defy criticism they are very much mistaken; and they will find from the expressions that are everywhere heard that they are falling into contempt, and are incur ring the scorn of all nations not utterly lost to senti ments of honour and feelings of propriety. The paltry expedient of trying to make it appear that this affair of the anniversary was an outburst of the national feeling, and an expression of the sentiments of the populace, is a subter fuge that will not avail; it was, no doubt, devised by skilful and dexterous parties, and is regarded as a triumph of Russian tactics, but it will not do beyond the confines of its own dominions. It was enough to conquer the country, cr to well nigh exterminate the inhabitants without inflicting upon the shattered remnants the extreme of misery, in having their feelings falsified and their opinions misrepresented. The day passed over with seeming success, but the principles of the wicked are short dyed, and no people who aspire to rank among the foremost nations of the world can rightly consider they have achieved much to boast of, when they are celebrating a mockery before the eyes of their fellow men, and calling on Heaven to witness their delight at the success of actions for which they should Ensh to think, and the realising of which they may well dread to think of. English tradesmen usually pride themselves on the straightforwardness and integrity of their dealings, and a suspicion of fraud or imposition is resented by them as an insult. They are sharp enough, no doubt, in looking after their own in terests, and are not very likely to give the public the benefit of the doubt where the balances are evenly weighed ; bat, on the whole, they claim a high reputation for honesty and fair play. It is, therefore, rather surprising to find a system of fraud habitually carried on which is the worst of fraud in trade, which not only robs customers of their money but of their health, perhaps even in the case of children or sickly persons of ife itself. Nothwithstanding the stringency 'tf the act and .the activity of the In spectors, the quantity of bad and diseased meat weekly sent to the London markets is some riling surprising. We can_ hardly excuse the senders on the plea of ignorance, for every one in the habit of slaughtering beasts must know for what purpose he is slaughtering them, and must be perfectly well aware whether they are dying of disease or no. Yet, according to Dr. LETHEBY s report on the sanatory state of the City, in the course of last week alone nearly 6,000 lbs. of meat wore condemned by the inspectors as unfit for human food. Of these 2,089 lbs. were diseased, 2,106 lbs. were putrid i and 951 lbs. were from animals that had died of accident or disease. Twenty sheep, two calves, 12 pigs, 38 qrs. beef, and 867 joints formed this aggregate, which, for this time of the year, is sufficiently large. When we contemplate the serious results on the public health should any part of this poisonous food escape detection we shall not be in clined to accept any plea on behalf of those who delib e rately send it to the metropolis, reckoning, of course, on the vast demand for bu'cher's meat and on the eagerness of the poor to buy it cheap. As meat is likely to be high in price throughout the winter, owing to the scarcity of fodder, we are likely to have plenty of such impositiors practised; and it is to be hoped the authorities will keep a strict account of all wbo thus wilfully attempt to injure their fellow creatures for the sake of greed. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, October 27. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week, together with the corresponding figures of the previous account : Nov. 3. OCT. 27. DR. f. c. f. c Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 --182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9, . 1857) 6 , 3 07,798 38 6,087,059 31 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 749,661,075 740,767,475 Bank notes to order and re- ceipts payable at sight 7,712,598 61 6,404,877 88 Treasury two. cur. creditor 59,262,827 24 75,336,575 24 Currentaccounts—Paris 125,437,765 75 101,297,450 71 Do. branch-banks 31,280,209 23,674,858 Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 16,270,914 28 5,294,019 43 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,223,690,613 76 1,193,813,507 11 Cn. Cash in hand and branch- banks 274,145,142 47 272,826,218 03 Commercial bills overdue 2,618,426 27 494,078 65 Commercial billsdiscounted not yet due ....311,624,483 28 302,964,092 40 Do. branch-banks.... 307,976,916 288,918,159 Advances on deposits of bullion ... . 24,341,653 9.5 24,386,553 95 Do. branch-banks.... 4,520,300 4,191,000 - Advances on French publio securities .. Do. branch-banks 9,102, lc, 0 Advances on rtilway shares and debentures .. 27,465,600 Do. branch-banks.... 19,693,4e0 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 15,834,200 - 9,103,750 - 510,200 - 27,323,800 - 19,885,100 - Do. branch-bmiks .... 380,400 Advances to the State 515 900 - 383,100 - (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rontes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 2,010,429 64 1,851,04 23 Sundries 5,164,206 10 7,( 00,772 80 8,454,600 - 1,223,690,513 76 1,193,813,507 11 Certified, the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) IIOULAND. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.-0a Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock a special general meeting of the members of the fund will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, to consider the revision of the bye-laws, and to elect officers for the ensuing year• If "All's Well that Ends Well" may be taken as something more than a Shakeperian title to a play , Number Seven of " Our Mutual Friend" may pass muster with almost the happiest of its predecessors. Not otherwise. And for this very simple reason, it may be—that, whereas the closing chapter in the present instalment brings before us again our well. beloved Eugene Wrayburn—delightfullest of all nonchaliant barristers ever conceived by the imagi nation of Novelist —brings him before us, moreover, not as he appeared in Number Six, namely, as the mere ghost of himself, little better than " a name and nothing more"—brings him before us, in other words, as Eugene Redivivus, as one of the dearest and most ridiculous fellows in the world—the two preceding chapters of this November number of Our Mutual Friend" have to do with the very dreariest and worldliest of the mere hangers on of the great system of Podenappery. " Cupid Prompted" is the heading of one of these chapters. "Mercury Prompting', is the heading of the other. It is the sequel to these—" A Riddle without an Answer" that is the charm and jewel of the number — being descriptive of a scene of a very strange kind, indeed, a scene occurring in Eugene's chambers in the Temple—a sort of duel of looks between Eugene Wrayburn the Barrister, and Bradley Headstone the Schoolmaster. The pert voice of Charley Hexam—who opens out against Eugene in fierce wrath about his sister—sounds, as it were with an angry treble, the prelude of the discordant talk that follows between her two lovers—a discus. sion that closes at last, between the gentleman and the parvenu, as if in under.tones of sup. pressed passion. A new character some what of the nature of Sparkler in " Littie Dorrit"—being, in certain particulars, of the same genus, though a far meaner exemplar of it—makes his appearance in the earlier pages of the number before us, in the person of Fascination Fledgeby— friend of the Lammles—suitor for the hand (end purse) of Miss Podsnap. The contortions to which that innocent is driven, in her more than ever atre• nuous endeavour to conceal her elbows, now that these feeble essays are being made by Young Fledgeby with a view to his obtaining possession of her hand (and purse) as aforesaid, would be inexpressibly amusing were it not that the whole intercourse between the constituents of this Fiedgebian,•Podsnappish, and Lammelian quartette is simply odious. The Lammles especially and pre eminently are, in one tolerably plain word, detest• able. As for Fledgeby, he seems to be so far a lusus nature that he might be described as a sort of juvenile hunks—a kind of callow curmudgeon ! Upon the roof of his city cffices—offices presided over by another entirely new character—Rial, the old Jew clerk of the young Christian usurer— up aloft there in a strange smoke-dried garden among the chimney pote—we have a glimpse of Lizzie Hexam and her attendant sprite, Miss Jenny Wren. Among all the curling and circling whirls and eddies of the mysterious current of the narrative— we cannot yet conjecture, even proximately, the pre• cise direction towards which the general plot of " Our Mutual Friend" is tending. The Veneerings, the Podsnaps, the Lammles—the Fruit stall Keeper, the BriEfless Barrister, the Doll's Dressmaker—the foul False Witness born, we might fancy, from the sludge and ooze of the river side—the Nations S 2hool master turned out from ourEzperimentalEdu cetional System as though ho were the latest article dropped from the whirring wheels and cutters of the NatiAlai Lathe the dejected Analytical Chemist—that poor raw-boned, open-eyed, open mouthed social waif 'yclepped Sloppy—each and all of these now fast multiplying creations of the genius of the great Realistic Novelist of the Age we are perfectly well satisfied will prove, in the end, to have had the threads of their imaginary lives inextricably interwoven, the one with the other, in the network of the highly elaborated plot of " Our Mutual Friend." Though, how it can pos sibly turn out to be so—to have been so, all along —we cannot, to this moment, as already inti mated, even in the remotest degree, conjecture. Perhaps, in the nett number, or the next—the period, predetermined from the outset by Mr. Dickens, may arrive in which the heterogeneous materiels of his plot will reach the instant of—how shall we express it ?—amalgamation, precipitation, crystallisation ! As yet, unquestionably, that eagerly looked-for moment has not arrived. A word, now, at last, we really must venture upon, in regard to the illustrations of "Our Mutual Friend." It would be no exaggeration what ever to assert, point blank, that they are worse than no illustrations at all. The Artist has had his opportunity—a priceless opportunity it might be said, for any young beginner—and he has failed. He has failed utterly and beyond all man ner of doubt. Of the entirely hopeless character, moreover, of his failure as an illus trator of one of the world-welcomed green monthly serial tales of Charles Dickens, the current number of " Oar Mutual Friend" effords (if such were needed !) absolutely conclu sive attractions. "Forming the Domestic Virtues" is about the most pretentious attempt at an illus tration that Mr Marcus Stone has here ventured upon. And the result of this attempt is an embel lishment looking, for all the world, like the blurred reflection in a cloudy mirror of a bad drawir g. As for character, for individuality, for the preservation of anything like identity in the limning of the same face and features under different situa tions, one looks for them, here — despairingly. The result altogether is such that we would seriously recommend the readers of " Our Mutual Friend" to have the work,when completed, bound up without the illustrations. Unless, indeed, the publishers can enter into an arrangement with that once inimitable illus trator of Boz, Mr Hablot Knight Browne, other wise Phiz, to issue—before the close of "Our Mutual Friend" in its serial form as a monthly publication — a separate series of embellishments to the current story—embellishments that might, then, be substi tuted for these wretched woodcuts from d raw ings by Mr. Marcus Stone. Something of this kind, it may be remembered, was actually done, and very happily done, moreover, quite as by an aft er th oug ht, in the instance of " Dombey and Son "—to which work Phiz, then, as he had been for years previously, the illustrator of Boz, contributed, in a separate form—as a sort of supplemen tary publication —a charming coll ec ti o n of ad ditional embellishments. Stren uous l y , therefore, we would urge upon the Me ssrs . Ch ap man and Hall the advisability of secur i ng to the pur chisera of " Our Mutual Friend" just some such supplementary series of illustrations from the same hand. Upon -this one - pro v i so — t h a t Mr. Hablot Browns should, in that event, really str i ve to render these suggested illustr a ti ons worthy o f `'Phiz" as he was, worthy of " Bez" as he still is—namely, when at his beet, with his lightest and seemingly most careless touch, in a s ingle word, just— inimitable. VISIT OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS TO EDINBURGH.--On Monday f oren oon the Metro. politan Board of Works, including Mr J. Thwaites, chair man ; Mr Creasy, his secretary ; Mr Freeman, chairman • of the Main Drainage Committee ; Mr Bez tlgette, chief engineer to the board, and about 25 members of the board, paid a visit to the Craigentinny Meadows to inspect the system of irrigation by town sewage, which has for several years past been carried on (tete. The members of the board were accompanied by Mr MTherson, superintendent of streets and build:ngs. The party first visited ltestalrig Meadows, along with Mr Scott, the tenant, who explained the system by which the meadows were rrigated with the sewage that flows down from the city. The inspection of this part of the grass-fields con cluded, the members of the board were next conducted to Figgate Whine by Mr Bryce, manager to Mr Miller, the proprietor of Craigentinny Meadows. The gentlemen com posing the party were then shown about 20 acres of ground, which was originally sand, and worth only about 12s GI per acre, but wsich, by the application of the sewage ma nure, had at a small outlay been converted into rich and fertile soil, which had during the last 35 years yielded ren tals varying from £2) to £lO an acre. Several members of the board expressed their satisfaction at this gratifying re sult. We understand that the board has at present under its consideration a proposal to apply the sewage of the north side of London to about 30,000 acres of sandy ground iu Essex somewhat on the principle pursued at Craigentinny. —4coesman, The question of representation in the Lower House now occupies the attention of the delegation. It is expected that a warm discussion Rill arise on the question of Federal judiciary. The opinion prevails that the proposed scheme of Confederation will shortly be brought before the various provincial legislatures. There seems to be a disposition to avoid a direct appeal to the people, although such a result is far from unlikely should any formidable opposition be offered to the terms of the new Constitution. An offer has been made by the Governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick of an English company to build 100 miles of railroad connecting the cities of St. John and Halifax. This would go far towards completing the Intercolonial Railway, which will be a necessary adjunct of the Confedera tion scheme. New Brunswick is said to guarantee 10,000 dols. per mile, and Nova Scotia 4 per cent. on her portion of the road. The Finance Minister has informed the depute. tion of brewers that lately waited upon him in Quebec that he would concede the modification of the excise law, which they suggested as necessary to their interests. The objectionable " stock book" will therefore be no longer required. Already the contract has been given out for the rebuilding of the Custom-house, recently destroyed by fire. It is said that the insurances effected on the building_will cover the cost of reconstruction. Three American companies, possessing a capital of 75,000 dols, have undertaken to work some newly discovered iron mines in Goulais Bay, Lake Supe rior. They are said to be more than ordinarily valuable, and to be a continuation of the Marguette vein. Operations will be commenced in spring. Preparations are being made at Montreal, and the chief cities of Upper Canada, to do honour to the delegates from the Lower Provinces. A party of between 20 and 30 armed men con centrated in the town of St. Albans on Wednesday, and pillaged the banks, during broad daylight. About 200,000 dole. is notes were taken. Others took horses and equipments for the whole band, and after some resistance, in which a few persons were shot, effected their escape, On Thursday morning six of the party were arrested by the Canadian authorities at Staiubridge, Eastern Counties: One man had 50,000 dole. in his posses sion. The banks thus plundered have offered 10,000 dols. reward for the capture of these concerned in the pillage. Judge Council, the Chief of Police with a strong party of men under him, left Mon. treal on Thursday in pursuit of them. Upon hearing of the outrage the Governor- General telegraphed to General Williams in com mend of the forces here to render every assistance in his power towards capturing the perpetrators of this daring act. Attorney-General Cartier sent similar instructions to Juige Coursal. it is ex pected that few of the marauders will escape the vigilance of police and military authorities. Col. Conolly has been ordered to place himself and a number of men at the disposal of the police magistrate. and to render all possible aid in the capture of the band. On Friday morning another person was arrested at St. John's, who is supposed to have 2,000 dole. on his person. Four other men were arrested at Stainbridge on Friday morning, and two at another place. POSTSCRIPT. QUEBEC, Ocr. 22 (Afternoon). It now appears that the St. Alban raiders are a party of Confederate soldiers and officers, under Capt. Young; a daring young man, who plotted and matured the scheme on the other side of the lines. Young has been arrested, and arrived in Alontreal last evening. Able counsel is engaged to defend the prisoners, who, it is very likely, will escape punishment. It is thought by some that they will not come within the compass of the Extradition Act, and that it would be a violation of English law to hand them over to the Northern authorities. Young and several of his party were in Montreal a few days ago. As soon as these circumstances are made known great public excitement will be created throughout the province. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. BERLIN, Nov. 1. Tho following are further details of the con tents of the Peace Treaty :—. It is quite untrue that the German Powers have diminished by 500,000 thalers the quota imposed upon Denmark, as compensation for the sum she is forced to pay in lieu of the captured ships. It has been stated that the Duchies would be charged with the payment of pensions to all employes who have been dismissed from their posts by the Pro visional Government. This statement is incorrect. Pensions have been assigned only to such func tionaries as shall be able to prove their rights before the Schleswig-Holstein tribunals. All who have been removed for not having previously studied two years at Kiel University, or for having failed in their duties, will not r eceive pensions. The Danish Government is bound to return to the town of Flensburg, the Museum of Northern Antiquities, which has been carried away to Copenhagen. Such archives and other documents as Danish functionaries have taken with them beyond the frontiers of the Duchies are to be restored to the towns to which they belong. During a certain period, after the exchange of the ratifications, the inhabitants of the Duchies who may wish to remove into the Danish portion of Schleswig, and vice versa, shall be freed from all exit and entry taxes, and from all customs duties upon their effects. The treaty, lastly, contains a clause, according to which no inhabitant of the Duchies or Danish Schleswig is to bs prosecuted for his acts during the war. Herr von Ablefeld, whom the Duke of Angus tenburg sent here upon a mission some time ago? LITERATURE. Charles Dickens's New Serial Story. Our Mutual Friend, By Charles Dickens. No. 7. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) JAPAN. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 4, 1864. By telegram from Paris we hear that the Straits of Simono Saki are open, the passage having been forced by 16 vessels of war after three days' fighting. All the batteries have been destroyed, and sixty 24 and 36-pounder bronze guns have been embarked. The loss of life has been small, considering the result, and no officers have been killed. The Ja panese have asked for peace. CANADA. QUEBEC, OCT. 22. The Conference is still in session, and to expedite the business before it holds two sittings daily. After four days' debate, the knotty question of proportionate representation in the Upper House of the Confederate Legislature has been decided. It appears to have been decided that Upper and Lower Canad a,together with the leadin g maritime provinces' should have 24 members each, to be appointed by the Crown. Newfoundland to have a separate re■ presentation of four members-76 in all. The pro perty qualification of each is to be £l,OOO. On this question a serious difficulty occurred, which was almost insuperable, and has very nearly broken up the Conference. 4, 18C4.' has again put in an appearance. Ha is charged with the care of the Duke's interests at the Prus sian Court. The chances of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to the succession in the Duchies have lately so greatly diminished that some amusement is felt at the announcement that the Emperor Alex ander has declared himself ready to exert his in fluence with the Grand Duke to cause him to re nounce his claims provided Prussia and Austria will accept the conditions laid down by the Czar. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, Nov. 3. The Ellora and Poonah leave here at 8 p.m. to•- day. The former may ba expected at Marseilles on the 6th, and the latter at Southampton on the 12th that, M.N.,. MUNN ....4. ITALY. TURIN, Nov. 3. In the Chamber of Daputies the Franco•ltalian Convention came on for discussion to-day. Signor Boggio thought the diplomatic documents communicated to the Chamber were insufficient. He demanded that the Notes exchanged between Italy and other Powers since the first despatch of Chevalier Visconti should likewise be brought be fore the HouAe. General Della Marmora, in reply, said that the Government had already considered that question, and did not think it necessary to communicate other documents than those already submitted. Signor Petrucelli asked the Government whether the statements made in the note of Chevalier Nigra really represented the true state of affairs. In reply, Signor Lanzi stated that it was not be coming to threw doubt upon a solemn diplomatic act from simple assertions of newspapers. The Minister continued :—" The note of Chevalier Nigra is true and substantiated in every particular. It is also recognised as such by the two contracting parties." - Signor Monca brought up the report of the com mittee upon the transfer of the capital to Florence. Signor Ferrari proposed that the Chamber should first discuss whether it was necessary to bring in the bill for the approval of the Convention. After a short discussion the debate upon the pre vons question was adjourned, and Monday next fixed for the discussion of the Bill for the transfer of the capital. The report of the committee upon that Bill, in conclusion, recommended its adoption conformably to the draught submitted to the Government. FRANCE. The Italian squadron, commanded by Admiral Albini, has left the Biy of Naples, after a stay of ten days, for Genoa, It is composed of eight vessels, four of them ironclad. Those which are not so will, it is expected, be shortly disarmed, and the others are to winter at La Spezzia, under the command of Admiral Vacca. A letter from Santander states that in the coming general election in Spain, the representation of that capital will be disputed by the ex. Minister of Finance Salaverra, of bankrupt memory, and Den Jose Cedrun, Liberal, and chairman of the Isabel Seguada Railway Company. Another district will be contested by the Minister Posada Herrera and the Marquis de Monteoastro. BOURSE, Nov. 3.—The market has been pretty firm. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 61f. 85c. Mobilier shows a shade of decline, being now at 870 f. Railway Market quiet, but with previous prices in general well maintained. The market improved towards the close, and left off as fol:ows 4 per Cents. 9l 90 Do. end month.... lltalian Loan 65 10 Do. end month 65 20 Ditto Threes 65 25 New Mexican Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes 441 Home Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 6l 95 Credit Mobilier 895 Do. end month 893 Bank Shares 3370 Credit koncier 1142 Roman Orleans • - ... Northern Cash. Account. 831 25 832 50 970 .. 975 Lyons cn3 riecuterranean 89.5 910 Southern 577 50 Western Eastern Sfinlinian Austrian 00000000 44 4:0 450 Low bard North of Spain Saragossa 460 460 Ditto to Barcelona Calcutta an China Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Captain Curling, with the heavy por. Lion of the above mails and 53 passengers, arrived this evening. She brings is freight 9 packages specie, value £4,896 ; also 140 cases silk, 110 packages sundries, and 2,700 bales raw silk, value £240,000 sterling. The Ripon experienced from Malts to Cape Carbon fine weather, thence to Gibraltar westerly gales and heavy squalls of wind and rain, with heavy head sea. Across the Bay of Biscay strong north-easterly winds, and thick weather np Channel. On the 30th the Ripon spoke a Turkish paddle steamer 40 deg. to the north of Cape St. Vincent, steering to the southward and westward, and on the following day, to the south of the Burlingsi the steamer Massilia bound for Alexandria. Her Majesty's ships Gibraltar, Revenge, Meanee, Orlando, Royal Oak, Resistance, Magioienns, Chan. ticleer, Psyche, and Syrian at Gibraltar, the Procris, Redpole, and French steamer Talisman. Her Majesty's troopship Tamar, from Ports mouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ; she expe rienced heavy gales throughout the passage. One of her seamen was washed overboard; three horses perished, and a quantity of poultry was lost. The Egyptian screw frigate Ibrahamie arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ; she saluted the garrison with 21 guns, which was returned by the garrison from the saluting battery. The steamer Ceylon, with the outward mails of the 20th, left Gibraltar on the 27th for the East. The Austrian screw line•of-battle ship Kaiser, 92 guns, arrived at Cadiz on the 18th. The British echooner Mermaid, from Cardiff, bodnd to Ancona, with coals and earthenware, when off Europa Point and within about a mile of Ceuta, was tired into by a Spanish battery, The ball struck the schooner on the starboard bow. The water poured in so rapidly as to defeat all efforts to keep her afloat. When the pumps were sounded 6 feet of water was in the hold, which speedily increased to 8; and the master, finding his ship unmanageable and sinking, ordered the boats to be launched. The master and crew succeeded in saving themselves and the ship's chronometer, but losing clothing and property of the value of upwards of £lOO. The Mermaid sunk in 45 minutes after the shot entered her !Dews. 11( hen the schooner was fired into it was blowing a hard gale from the east, and in the prosecution of her voyage the verse sel was beating to windward towards the Africa❑ shore. The cause of the Mermaid being fired into was the supposed neglect of a rule which requires every ship to show her colours when passing within range of the guns of a fortress. In the case of the Mermaid, the master, after the first warning gun, exhibited his colours in the main rigging, 18 feet above the deck, having been prevented by accident from hoisting them in the usual place. The vessel's course may have caused some difficulty in making out her colours from the battery. The following British ships had arrived out at Gibraltar since the departure of the last mail— ['he schooner Alfred Charles, 23 days from Liver pool; steamer Cadiz, 71 days from London ; and steamer Genera, 14 days from Glasgow. Gibraltar Exchanges were quoted on London, at 90 days' date, 491 . , to 50 ; Paris, sf. 29c. ; Mar seilles, sf. 30c.; Genoa, sf. 31e.; Madras, 8 days' eight, par; Cadiz, 21 ilia. ; Seville, 8 days' eight, die. ; Malaga, par ; Batcelona, 9 pm. ; Almeire, par ; Valencia and Alicant, par. Freights un changed. BAIL - A.YE3. , INSN /- Cirti/1,0% HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 3 . The Queen drove out this morning, accompau ie by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, and a s tended by the equerry in waiting. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Went oat driving, attended by Mdlle. Bauer. His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor took / carriage airing. Lady Buchanan had the honour of an intervies/ with the Queen. Her Majesty continues to receive favourable ac' munts from Darmstadt of her Royal Hight ° Princess Louis and the infant princess. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington ha l : passed through town, from Strathfieldsaye, for H ug heodl Manor, Bucks, on a visit to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli 413 Mrs Disraeli, The Duke of Hamilton has gone to Oxford 11 complete his studies. The Marquis Conyngham will leave his heuid Hamilton-place to-morrow, for Grimston Park, Yorks o on a visit to Lord and Lady Londesborough. The Marchioness of Exeter and Lady" Victo o Cecil arrived in town on Wednesday evening from viso the Earl of Harrowby, at Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, 5/11 noble marquis had previously arrived in town. The Marchioness of Salisbury will give a O D county ball, at Hatfield House, Herts, on the 24th hot. ~1 The Earl and Countess Dalawarr are at presev i staying with Sir Alexander and Lady Arabella Baunert at their seat in Scotland, and are not expected to arrive' town, on their way to Buckhurst, before Thursday nest The Earl and Countess Spencer, who arrived s Spencer House, St. James's, in the early part of the w ed , from attending their Royal Highnesses the Prince t ll/ ,' Princess of Wales on their voyage to Denmark, left tow yesterday to join Viscount and - Viscountess Clif lon at Leonardo-on-Sea. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have left tos o for Heaton Hall, .near Manchester, accompanied by Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton. Next wee 0 i noble earl and countess will go on a visit to the Earl al l Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, after which they will pe teed to Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, for the hunting season. Viscount Maynard is, with the exception of slight cold, in excellent health. The rumour that the ve se rable peer was seriously indisposed is not tout, Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived Thomas's hotel, Berkeley-square, from Brighton. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The production of " Macbeth" will certainly be regar d° as the great evelt at the season, and most justly so, b °. cause it has been placed upon the stage in a manner wh° lll .l ' without parallel since the termination of the gr e j r i Macready's management of this our national theatre. Vi v have Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton kept faith with t ha public. They promised that "Macbeth" should be P er' formed in a manner worthy the tranmndant genius of a /6 immortal Shakspere, and they have redeemed that pro o to the very letter. That the utmost confidence I°ll placed in the announcement was plainly shown by tl immense, we may say with truth, the extraordinary 1 5111°' ber of persons who s ruggled for admission to the thee ° last evening. For upwards of an hour previous to tl'a opining of the doors the crowd assembled at each of the° entirely blocked up the respective thoroughfares, and vfll etl the time for opening arrived the rush was terrific. Instead of persons anxious to pay their money to witness dramatic performance, it bore the appearance of a ec° l3 ; that might be imagined supposing the directors ° the Bank of England had intimated their later tion of making gratuitous distribution of five pound riot s , to all who chose to apply for them at each of the doors °' the establishment in Threadneedle. street. In a few raint lte° every available seat in the interior of the th ea t re was 0 1° ` l► :, but the declaration that the house was full was of no avail to those still struggling outside. Thousands insisted tiP °/1 paying their money for standing room, and this, of coar se ; led to another scene as extraordinary as that we have P 5 l mentioned. When every square inch of space in tr°ll 4 of the house had been appropriated, it was P a that quite as many as the theatre would hold el remained in the various lobbies, and the only visi ,o d dealing with such a disappointed and by no means tempered congregation, was to persuade them to pO ts through the various passages leading to the pay - efac3) there receive back the money they had insisted on The scene was altogether, as we have before remarked , traordinary, and one that no person could for a moo° t have anticipated. It is, of course, quite unnecessary to enter into detail W itl3 respect to the Macbeth of Mr Phelps ; it has its thousan ds °{ admirers and the usual number of opponents. To our thin k ing ho embodies the spirit of this most complex charact er ' and gives all its personalities, if he dots not entirely roll s : the long, intricate, and varied portrait of a guilty, and ti certain periods a remorseful man. It will, of course, be admitted that the part is a difficult one, and until we see ° better representative of it, we shall consider it an admir able performance. Miss Helen Faucit's Lady Mecbeth i 3 marked with an intensity of expression ; but without i ll the least wishing to detract from her acknowledged abilitieOt we are inclined to the opinion that characters of a gentl er nature are more especially her forte. In proof of 011°1 although her acting was exceedingly fine in the secon d act, the great sleep-walking scene was the great feature of the performance. Her exit, uttering 1110 words "To bed, to bed," was magnificent. Mr CresWirl' as Macduff, gave us a very praiseworthy performance; 0114 he deserves the highest commendation for tie manner 19 ; which he, like a sensible man, avoided those stereotyP e° ranting passages invariably uttered by actors of less er ability, solely for the purpose of " bringing down t he house." Mr Rayner's Banquo was good; and with a tripl° compliment to the representatives of the wierd sister 6 Messrs. Belmore, Edmund Phelps, and Mr R. Roallf we pass over the rest of the performance, remarking thsi each did their parts excellently well. The scene/ by &tr W. Beverley was superb, more particularly t he opening of the fourth act—the pit of Acheron. It 1 0 fine Salvator Rosa like scene, with high frowning l' o l and streaming moonlight. The entrance and tower ° Macbeth's castle is a noble painting, and the banqueti ng hall is also remarkable for its barbaric grandeur. Tl i° last scene, "A Plain before the Castle of Duneinane , with the assault of the besiegers, is a wonderful 0 0°4 of stage illusion, and called forth the most enthusias tic plaudits. • At the fall of the curtain all the principal perforra c° had to appear to acknowl.dge the applause they had so justly won. - CAPT. SEMMES AND THE NEW ALABAMA .-- 4 i. few weeks' ago the departure from Liverpool tooX '- place of a steamer called the Laurel, with about 100 men°li ) board, many of whom had served with Cal. t. Semmes• was also hinted that Capt. Semmes was himself on boo' A. despatch just received in Liverpool from Madeira jo fo the effect that the Laurel had been lying in Funchal J 3 for several days previous to the 17th, and early on the morning of that day she steamed out to sea, and met a larg' screw steamer (understood to be the new Alabama), board of which were transferred the crew of the Laurel an cargo, consisting of guns, ammunition, Sec. The scre 4 steamer then made for the direction of Bermuda. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY EXCURSIoNISTS.-- - A t the Clerken well County Court, on Wednesday, * case was heard of some interest to railway excursionis t° ; • The plaintiff was Mr Frank Taylor, a compositor, who ote.", the London and North-W estern Railway Company foe S; odd, for luggage lost on the 30th of July last. It appease that on the day in question the plaintiff was a passenger 10f • Marcus's excursion train to Shrewsbury—that he got ini ° a carriage at Euston Station, and that after being in it f° r some time he and others were ordered to leave that ve hic l and get into another, as it was found that it was a damag e ° carriage, and therefore unsafe to travel. By this chaet_. of carriages the plaintiff lost his luggage, although a po rte r told him at the time he would see it all safe. For the d 6 fence it was ruled that the railway company were not liabl e ; as it was distinctly stated on the excursion handbills a ° , the railway tickets that excursionists must take their logo gage at their own risk. The solicitor for the dolenclo/ quoted a case from a recent number of the Law Jourfia similar in every respect to the above facts (excepting 'I damaged carriage), in support of the plea, after whic h Ronour decided in favour of the defendants. THE LANDSLIP ON TIIE NOLTII-EASTEB,N.- --111 1 : extensive landslip which occurred on the main line o f fr o North Eastern Railway at Sherburn, near Durham , Saturday, and which caused the entire northern traffic t° sent round by D.ehop Auckland, has, by the energy ay e perseverance of the engineers and other officials, and 0' employment of a great number of labouret s, been specji;t followed up and remedied, and the main line at th , A was ready for traffic on Wednesday evening, several ti ' s 4 before it was anticipated it could be done. , ,o